📰 Subscribe to UnHerd today at: http://unherd.com/join The mysterious philosophy of Perennialism has been used and misused since its beginnings in ancient wisdom. Now, with Putin’s war in Ukraine, it is more important than ever to know what it really means. Prof. Mark Sedgwick, historian and author of Traditionalism, joined UnHerd’s Freddie Sayers for this conversation and Q&A. Read the accompanying article: https://unherd.com/thepost/mark-sedgwick-an-introduction-to-traditionalism/ Listen to the podcast: https://plnk.to/unherd?to=page Follow UnHerd on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/unherd Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unherd/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unherd/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@unherdtv // TIMECODES // 00:00 - 02:50 - Introduction 02:50 - 04:13 - Who was Rene Guenon? 04:13 - 05:33 - Who was Julius Evola? 05:33 - 06:25 - Who was Frithjof Schuon? 06:25 - 11:25 - Perennialism: sacred order and the primordial tradition 11:25 - 17:20 - How do Traditionalists view history? 17:20 - 21:37 - Divisions in the Traditionalist movement 21:37 - 27:55 - Perennialism: self-realisation and the path of action 27:55 - 36:20 - Traditionalism and the good life in the modern day 36:20 - 43:24 - Integralists and Traditionalism in current global politics 43:24 - 01:00:35 - Aleksandr Dugin, Russia, and the Ukraine War 01:00:35 - 01:03:53 - Do Traditionalist thinkers actually want to change the world? 01:03:53 - 01:07:48 - Is Steve Bannon a Traditionalist? 01:07:48 - 01:08:58 - Is Mark Sedgwick a Traditionalist? 01:08:58 - 01:10:45 - Concluding thoughts #UnHerd #MarkSedgwick #Traditionalism